Book excerpt: Excerpt from Speech of Mr. R. W. Thompson, of Indiana, on the Tariff Bills: Reported by the Committee of Ways and Means and the Committee on Manufactures; Delivered in the House of Representatives, June 20, 1842 When we were. In our infancy, and when the question was an original one, we were other nations. We were driven. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.